SCARFIES

Year: 1999
Reference: F49562
Media type: Moving image

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Year: 1999
Reference: F49562
Media type: Moving image

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Place of production: New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories: Feature
Duration: 01:35:12
Production company: Nightmare Productions
Credits: Director: Robert Sarkies
Writer: Duncan Sarkies
Writer: Robert Sarkies
Cast: Willa O'Neill
Cast: Neill Rea
Cast: Ashleigh Seagar
Cast: Charlie Bleakley
Cast: Jon Brazier
Cast: Mark Neilson
Cast: Mark Dudfield
Cast: Pat Soper
Cast: Dave Dudfield
Cast: Andrew Munro
Cast: David Kilgour
Cast: Lanfranco Perini
Cast: Robert Yeats
Cast: Thomas Bell
Cast: Andrew Strang
Cast: Baz McGinn
Cast: Jeff Wilson
Cast: Keith Quinn
Cast: Geoff Bryan
Cast: Mark Henegan
Cast: Des Wright
Cast: Chris Brown
Cast: Lisa Chatfield
Cast: Trishia Downie
Cast: Chris Hampson
Director of Photography: Steven Downes
Editor: Annie Collins
Producer: Lisa Chatfield
Executive Producer: Chris Brown
Executive Producer: Chris Hampson
Cast: Taika Waititi
Funded By: New Zealand Film Commission

“Six students discover crime should be left to criminals.  “A guide to student life: SCARFIES/; scarf-ees/ n. - local slang for students at Otago University. Dunedin - Southernmost University in the world. DUNEDIN/; dunnee-din/ n. - University town in New Zealand. Home of the guitar-based 'Dunedin sound', the legendary Otago rugby team and 16,000 scarfies. SQUAT/; skwat/ n&v. - An abandoned house coveted by the financially challenged (ie. poor scarfies). Attractions: Free rent; free power; freedom.

“In SCARFIES, five Dunedin students find themselves in a free squat - and a dark place - after taking a criminal captive in their basement.

“The debut feature from Robert Sarkies starts as a comic tribute to Otago student days, then turns into a psychological thriller. Outside of the two Warriors movies, Scarfies was the most successful Kiwi release of the 90s on home turf. It went on to scoop best film, director and screenplay awards at the 2000 NZ Film and TV Awards.

“Festival/Awards: New Zealand Film Festival; Sundance; Edinburgh.” - New Zealand Film Commission; www.nzfilm.co.nz/film/scarfies; 24/01/2014.